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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m an Infant Care Specialist so not a long term nanny and may not be what you’re looking for but I book three to six month jobs in advance.  Typically, the mother is in her second trimester.  I have set start dates and end dates with all my clients and payment starts my first week of work.  To insure no one flakes on me I require a deposit of 25% of total projected costs (then deducted from my biweekly checks).  I can do both days or nights or a combination.

I have friends who do what I do who work in pairs to give seven day/nights a week coverage for those who need it.

And to the idiot PP:  no one hands over their baby to the nanny and walks away.  I’ve never, in 25 years of doing this work, had one neglectful mother.  They love their babies and just need an extra pair of hands and a knowledgeable resource at the ready.  Plus we’re only there eight hours a day.

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Interesting. How do you set a start date when you don’t know the delivery date?[/quote]

OP, how do you not understand this? Would YOU agree to a job if they wouldn’t tell you the start date? 2 to 4 weeks “on hold” with NO PAYCHECK is not possible for most people! People can’t live on a “retainer.”[/quote]

You couldn’t live on 5k for a month?  That the amount that’s been thrown around - between 4 and 5 thousand to wait, doing nothing and free to take side gigs for three weeks (39th week to 42nd week - no one is going to let a pregnant woman go beyond that).

You nannies can all calm down.  [/quote]

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